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Persian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
3   
12

National Language
Spain   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
سلام   

Thank You
Gracias   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Por Favor   
لطفا   

Sorry
triste   
متاسف   

Bye
adiós   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
persan   

German Name
Spanisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Persian   

Language Position
2   
2
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
per   

ISO 639 3
spa   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Spanish and Persian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Persian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Persian Language History.

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Spanish and Persian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Persian language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Persian Difficulty

The Spanish vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Persian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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